He Said, She Said: Update on the Sports Drink Wars

Friends of Activeness Anonymous Economist and Iron George continue to debate the merits of sports drinks via intelligent back channel emails. We're enjoying the parts of the conversation that we understand, but are not comprehending nearly enough to replay it here. We've definitely read enough good stuff to demand that Activeness' directors take another vote on enabling the "Comments" feature for the blog at our next board meeting in Kona.

Anyway, sometime last night, shortly after they had come to an agreement on whether rapid glycogen replenishment causes insulin insensitivity, things took a bizarre turn for our sports drink combatants when they gave in to their primal urges and decided to elope to Vegas. Last we heard, they had a trunk full of Busch and Gatorade on ice, a tank of gas, a half a pack of cigarettes, it was dark, they were wearing sunglasses, and they were headed west on Highway 66. Good luck, you two!